Tuesday, January 24, 2012

a long, long time ago...

so waaaaaay back in october my mom came for a visit. yeah, i know, i'm really behind on my blog. anyway, we had a great time with her. we went shopping, made crafts, played, baked…lots of fun stuff. you can see corinne in her jessie tutu that nona (my mom) made her.
my mom and i also took the kids to the petaluma in pumpkin patch. the girls absolutely loved the ladybugs that had infested the patch. they were everywhere.
and the there was the corn "sand" box.



the kids are starting to understand when visitors leave that we have to say "goodbye" and won't see them for a while. this is the first time the girls were sad when we said goodby to my mom at the airport. i had to pick up corinne because she started whimpering. on our way home we stopped off and ate lunch. i was amazed at how well the kids did!! ted was out of town for the second part of the week while my mom was here and it was so nice to have her here for that as well! come back, mom!
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

nicknames

sometimes corinne likes to get under ella's skin a bit and call her "ella bella" which leads to "ella belly". of course, complaints from ella and brief reminders to corinne quickly follow. well, tonight we were all headed home from awana and ella was doing word rhymes. this is how the conversation went:
ella: guess what rhymes with mom? pom!
me: or bomb. (this was lost on her)
ted: what rhymes with ella?
ella: bella!
ted: do you know what "bella" means?
ella: i have a friend named bella in my sunday school class. (focus, focus)
me: do you know what "bella" means?
ella: no.
me: it means beautiful! (brief silence)
ella: mimi moo, would you tell me a story of peter pan? (mimi moo- this is what ella calls me when she's trying to get under my skin. i often remind her that i don't appreciate this nickname)
me: i don't know anybody that name.
ella: it's you! (quiet) mommy do you know what "mimi moo" means? it means beautiful! (uproarious laughter)
yep, i'm done in!